Focus and Scope

World Journal of Nephrology and Urology, published in print and online, is an international journal that concentrates on basic research and clinical practice of nephrology, urology, including the internal medicine and surgical intervention fields. World Journal of Nephrology and Urology presents up-to-date coverage of nephrology and urology studies and clinical reports on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment aspects. Manuscripts should present novel findings addressing significant questions in these aspects, in the form of original article, review, short communication, or case report.

Section Policies

Original Article

Editors

WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review

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WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Report

Editors

WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Short Communication

Editors

WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Letter to the Editor

Editors

WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Instructions to Authors

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WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Editorial

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WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Erratum

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WJNU Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The peer-review process and editorial scrutiny are the main mechanisms for ensuring the quality of published articles. To this end, the submitted articles are rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure the high quality submissions are accepted and published; these published articles reflect the up-to-date research findings, with reliable and sound results, objective and unbiased discussion of the results. The journal’s editorial board is composed of research scientists and medical specialists with rich research and publication experiences.

The most important criterion for acceptance is the originality of the work. However, a decision to accept a manuscript is not based solely on the scientific validity of its content. Other factors may affect decisions, such factors are, but not limited to, the extent and importance of new information in the paper compared with that in other papers being considered, the Journal's need to represent a wide range of topics, and the overall suitability for this journal. Decisions on peer-reviewed papers are sent to the authors within an average of 3 weeks from the date of submission.

Primary manuscript check by the editorial assistant against the submission Checklist, to check if components of manuscript are complete and conforming to the submission requirements, whether there is issue of duplicate submission, plagiarism, and other concerns. If manuscript does not meet the submission requirements, the manuscript will be returned to the authors for corrections and resubmission, or even rejected for ethical violation concerns.

When the submitted manuscript is complete, it will be reviewed first by the Editor-in-Chief for novelty, scientific importance, and relevance to the journal’s general readership.

If the manuscript is found lacking sufficient quality or the topic is not well within the journal scope, or is very poorly written, lack of suitable English language correctness and readability, without sufficient research creative novelty, or any other serious ethical issues, the manuscript will be rejected outright promptly without further consideration and review (a “desk reject”).

Manuscript that passes the initial screening will be sent to and reviewed by peer reviewers.

Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two external expert reviewers who will provide unbiased, critical and independent assessment of the submission; Reviewers are asked to complete the review within the assigned time (usually 2 weeks). The peer reviewers’ comments will be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, who will decide whether to accept with/without revision, or reject the submission. The corresponding/submitting author is notified of the editorial decision.

Manuscripts which are returned to the authors for minor or major revisions should be resubmitted within assigned deadline. If necessary, the revised manuscripts are reassessed by the same reviewers to determine if the authors have satisfactorily addressed their criticisms and comments. Depending upon the reevaluation, the Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision.

The above review process may be repeated (one or more times) if a manuscript revision (major or minor) is requested.

The peer-review process is single blinded with the reviewers aware of whom the authors of the manuscript are, the authors do not know who the reviewers are.

All manuscripts are treated by the editorial staff, editors and assigned reviewers as privileged and confidential information. Reviewers’ comments are not published. The reviewers’ identity remains anonymous. The manuscripts under review are not revealed to anyone other than the peer reviewers and editorial staff.

Publication Frequency

Quarterly in print and online, some articles may be published online first ahead of print.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Elmer Press publishes articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Editor's Code of Ethics

The editors and editorial staff should abide by the following codes of ethics:

Protect the privacy of peer reviewers and authors of manuscripts submitted for review.

Protect the copyright and intellectual property rights of all authors and contributors.

Strive to maintain the quality of the materials published.

Maintain the integrity of the academic record.

Make editorial decision based only on the manuscript’s importance, originality, relevance to thejournal, and the overall quality.

About the Publisher

This journal is owned and published by Elmer Press Inc.

Elmer Press Inc is an independent academic publisher, it is registered and operated as a federal incorporation in Canada, the Federal Corporation Number is 8179590. The Elmer Press was originally established in Montreal, Quebec, and started medical publishing from 2008. In the summer of 2016, the company moved to Toronto.

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Publishing Process

1). Authors submit manuscript via online submission portal.2). Primary check by the editorial assistant to ensure the completeness of submission.3). Sent out for peer-review.4). Decision is made and authors are notified, manuscript is accepted, rejected, or accepted with revision requirements.5). Authors revise the manuscript as required.6). Second review for revised manuscript.7). Final decision issued.8). Payments are required for accepted articles.9). Scientific and copy editing of the manuscript.10). Typesetting and layout for online and print version.11). Galley proof sent to authors for proofreading.12). Editors approve the final galley proof.13). Publishing online and in print.14). Published articles sent to indexing databases if required.

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Abstracting and Indexing

Publishing Policy

The single most important criterion for acceptance is the originality of the work. However, a decision to accept a manuscript is not based solely on the scientific validity of its content. Other factors may affect decisions, such factors are, the extent and importance of new information in the paper compared with that in other papers being considered, the Journal's need to represent a wide range of topics, and the overall suitability for World Journal of Nephrology and Urology.

Publishing Quality

The main mechanisms for ensuring the scientific quality of published articles are peer-review, editorial scrutiny. To this end, the submitted articles are rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure to accept the high quality submissions, and the quality is controlled by the Editor(s)-in-Chief or section editors. The editorial board members and peer reviewers are all experts in their field from various countries and regions around the world. The published articles reflect the up-to-date research findings, with reliable results, objective and un-biased discussion of the results.

In the production stage, the copyediting, layout, proofreading, online and printing publication are all maintained in highest possible quality.

Conflict of Interest

All authors should declare any conflict of interests related to the manuscript, these interests include but not limited to commercial, personal, political and intellectual aspects. All editors, editorial staff and reviewers should also report potential conflict of interests related to the submissions they are working with.

For Reviewers

The reviewers should provide unbiased comments for the manuscript, and indicate whether the work is original, creative and scientifically accurate and sounded. The reviewers should provide suggestions to editors whether the work is within the journal’s scope, suitable to be published in the journal. The reviewers should provide suggestions whether the work is published as is, published after revising, or should be rejected. The reviewers should report any conflict of interest related to the manuscript being reviewed. The reviewers should destroy or delete the manuscript files after finishing reviewing and may not disclose any information to third parties.

Human and Animal Rights, and Informed Consent

Published research must comply with the guidelines for human studies and animal welfare regulations. Authors should state that subjects have given their informed consent and that the study protocol has been approved by the institute’s committee on human research. Further, they should also state that animal experiments conform to institutional standards.

Plagiarism Screening Policy

Plagiarism, duplicate submission, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and all the like misconducts are not tolerated. This journal uses CrossCheck plagiarism screening system (iThenticate) to detect any possible plagiarism in the submissions.

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

This journal strives to adhere to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, for details please check here.

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